Oldboy (2003)

My Rating: 9/10

Oldboy was a South Korea film directed by Chan-wook Park. Oldboy was an outstanding in my own opinion. After seeing Audition you think what film can topple over Audition. Well Oldboy seems to be that movie that did. Oldboy is about A man named Oh Dae-su who is an average man and then he is kidnapped and imprisoned in a shabby cell for 15 years without explanation. He then is released, equipped with money, a cellphone and expensive clothes. As he strives to explain his imprisonment and get his revenge, he soon finds out that not only his kidnapper has still plans for him, but that those plans will serve as the even worse finale to 15 years of imprisonment.

After watching Oldboy you were blown away by all the great scenes that tooked place in the film. Such as when Dae-su comes out of a building and a woman yells to a police officer to stop Dae-su and out of know where a guy from a building commits suicide off the building while he crashes through a car while holding his dog. It is so brutal and it totally caught me by surprise. Another painful scene is where Dae-su is wrenching some guy's teeth out with the end of a hammer. Speaking of hammer, the greatest scene of all in Oldboy was the Fight Scene where Dae-su attacks all these guards with a hammer. It was one of the greatest fighting scenes I've ever seen. Another scene is the Tongue cutting scene, where Dae-su cuts his tongue for forgiveness.

Oldboy won 16 wins & 10 nominations. It also received #5 for Bravo's 30 Even Scarier Movie Moments. To leave off with my Oldboy review I have a few words, Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone.

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